We all have seen beautiful vintage furniture that is an unfortunate color. When you buy vintage, if you leave it in the original stain from trends long past it can make your home feel like a flea market or thrift shop. A great way to give a piece new life is with a little TLC...
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Water Closet Makeover.
Do you have an ugly area of your house that just nags and nags you? If I'm being honest, I have more than one of those in our house. But I am slowly taking them on and it's bringing me so much joy. I just finished this project and I am so excited to share...
Actually Awesome - Boll & Branch Bedding
Today I am sharing our Summer Primary Bedroom. I just did a little refresh in there just using things I already had, it's just something I really like to do seasonally in our home. While I was doing it, I realized that about a year ago I purchased the Boll & Branch Duvet Insert to...
Making a Statement in the Kitchen with a Tiled Vent Hood.
I am so excited to share the first piece of our kitchen renovation with you today! We recently completed our tiled vent hood. We gutted our kitchen when we purchased our home 2 years ago and it has been the slowest renovation of my life. It may have been faster to use professional kitchen remodel...
Arch Window Treatment Solution Our Living Room.
Our current home has troublesome arched windows in the front living room, which makes it very difficult to do window coverings on. Don't get me wrong - I love arched windows. They add so much character, especially those from places like Black Badge Doors. I'd rather have my beautiful arched windows over a boring square...
4 Tips to Create a Welcoming Entry Way.
I have shared many looks of our entryways over the years. I think creating a welcoming entryway is perhaps the key to greeting guests and setting your home apart from all the others. I especially feel this way living in a cookie-cutter house in a cookie-cutter neighborhood. Let's be honest, my entry looks just like...
Our Home Office: Home Office Solutions for Small Houses.
I literally dream of having the ability to have a beautiful home office right off the Entry way with comfy chairs, a beautiful light fixture, built ins, and desk. However, we are without even an extra bedroom in our current home which left me to find a home office solution for small houses. We don't...
Colorful Living Room with Rifle Paper Co x Loloi.
Do you ever just get in a mood to add a whole new direction to a space in your house? Ever since we finished our Nursery that had quickly become the most colorful space in our home, I found myself wanting more color everywhere. A few years ago I started simplifying and neutralizing our home...
Lorelai's Nursery Reveal.
I am so excited to share with you the reveal of our newest completed space in our home! This space is especially special because it is for our new baby, sweet Lorelai. We are so excited that our fourth baby is here, though my husband and I just look at each other every so often...
Neutral & Classic Boys Room Makeover.
Today I am sharing a Neutral and Classic Boy's Room Makeover I just completed in our home. Our boys' room was really neglected while we tackled the larger room renovations in our house, like the primary bathroom we just finished up. Our two boys had been more than patient, it was finally their turn to...
Primary Bathroom Makeover.
I have quite literally been waiting to write this post for you all for over a year. It's the next large project of the Huge Fixer Upper we bought last Spring and it's our primary bathroom reveal. This project has been long in the making, we were faced with delivery delays for product and busy...
Budget Friendly Entry Tables + Styling Tips.
Stumped what to put in your entry way? I am sharing my favorite budget friendly entry tables and designer tips to create a beautiful and inviting entry way in your home!
Classic & Neutral Boys Room Design
I feel like it is so difficult to do a boys room that feels cool to them but is tolerable for adults. Do you know what I mean? I've been dreaming up a design for our boys room that feels like a little boy but is still classic and fits well with our home aesthetic....
Our New Nursery Design + Gender Reveal.
I love designing spaces for kids and there's something so special about Nursery's! I am sharing my newest design for the Nursery of our 4th baby today on the blog.
Fall in our Living Room.
We're entering our first round of holidays in our new home and much of it is still very much a construction zone. Like most people who want to buy a house, we too went online searching for homes (search terms such as Sell My House Fast Alabama prove to be amazingly effective at times) and...
3 Tips to Furnish Your Bedroom Like a Designer on a Budget
Designer Tip #1 Neutral Bedding with Texture Create lots of layers in a neutral color palette my mixing up textures. I love the blend of linen with a quilt and the knitted throw I have at the end of our bed. It makes it feel luxurious and interesting even though the colors are all in...
Big Style, Small Space : Bathroom Makeover
This is what it looked like before. Back story, our new (to us) house we bought had been neglected, and honestly felt like it had never truly been loved... so that's been our mission as we turn this place into a home. When designing a space, I typically try to come up with a jumping...
Playful Halloween Front Porch.
Every October it goes a little something like this: hey, I think I'll add just a little bit of seasonal decor to my porch... then all of a sudden - BAM! There are spiders, webs, pumpkins, and witch hats everywhere. Usually, I just throw something together, but this year it's ended up looking pretty good,...
The best rugs for high traffic areas.
I am a huge fan of large area rugs, without them spaces just don't feel complete. Over the years I have purchased A LOT of different area rugs from all over the internet. In my house they certainly get put to the test. Over the last 2 years though, I feel like I have become...
Chic + Simple Ikea Malm Dresser Hack.
I am so in love with this insanely chic + easy Ikea hack that I'm going to share with you today. Ikea is the huge giant store of lots of good pieces that are just aching to be made great. One day I'll have to share with you how I shop Ikea with my designer...
Budget Bathroom Makeover Reveal.
The idea of doing a Bathroom Makeover can be overwhelming. I am sharing with you today a Bathroom Makeover we just completed in our home that was completely budget-friendly and came together so well. It feels modern, crisp, but inviting and cozy and I'm going to share with you how we were able to accomplish...
How to DIY paint the exterior of your home + save thousands!
Early this spring we took on a HUGE DIY project. Perhaps our biggest ever actually with the highest stakes! Could you imagine trying a project and ruining the exterior of your home? Now that would be my worst nightmare. This might be the reason why many people prefer to take the help of professionals when...
Simple Holidays : Halloween Whimsical Floating Witch Hats
Can you believe that it's almost time to start decorating for the Holidays? This year I'm going to share a series of ideas to create Simple (but super fun) Holidays. The older I get the more I believe that simplicity is best, especially with a house full of kids and busy schedules. However, even though...
Best home decor from Amazon.
Do you ever just find yourself perusing Amazon, wondering what convenient thing you should have delivered to your door today is? During this pandemic, I have found myself doing that one too many times. This year- going anywhere is a hassle and frowned on, I feel like Amazon has replaced all my favorite shopping spots--...
Inexpensive curated art.
This post has been a long time coming, ever since I shared these large floral prints over a year ago I started thinking how much I need to share the greatest source for finding art for your home. I think having curated art in your home, something other than the Target special elevates your living...
Designer Dupe: DIY Bauble Mirror
Recreating this popular design trend for a couple bucks in a couple minutes! A good designer dupe is everything!
Budget Master Bath Makeover.
Creating a beautiful airy + inviting master bathroom for under $500 with the power of paint and elbow grease!
How to turn your forgotten corners into cozy & inviting moments.
We all have forgotten corners in our homes that turn into a place to pile extra decor or other random household items. I have more corners that meet that description than I would like to admit. I Thought I would walk you through the process of turning a forgotten corner into a cozy & inviting...
DIY Dipped Glass Vase
Color blocked glass vases and vessels are a huge trend right now. I just think they are a fun trendy way to have a classic glass vase. A lot of the ones I've seen carry a large price tag. I first stumbled across this cute trend when I saw this dipped glass vase from McGee...
How to DIY a Concrete Paver + Pea Gravel Patio
Welcome to Part Two of my DIY Patio series. The idea of making a patio seems hard, but I promise you it's actually relatively simple to DIY yourself. I recently revealed our DIY Front porch we created out of pavers and pea gravel, you can see how our simple DIY porch turned out here. Today...
Spring [Quarantine Style] Home Tour.
Oh hey there! Today I am joining in with a couple friends to share our home this spring. Thanks for stopping by my tour today! So glad to have you here! Once you're done visiting my home, make sure you stop by my friend Serena's Spring Home Tour. Though, it maybe isn't as perfect as...
Design Plan: Master Bath Bandaid Makeover
In the social media world today I feel like it is easy to get SO caught up in wanting every single space in our homes to be designed to the nines. I get really caught up in that struggle. Our Master Bathroom has been so neglected over the years... I've always hated it but always...
The perfect affordable Spring stems.
I am a huge fan of fresh greenery, I love to arrange flowers... it's actually one of my very favorite hobbies! That being said, life gets really busy and sometimes I just really want to have a pretty arrangement that will last and not die on me in a couple days. Finding realistic faux greenery...
Sugarfree Medicine Ball Starbucks Knockoff
January always feels like such a gloomy month, the joy of the holidays is over... its cold... and I feel like the time of year we always end up with a family cold. I am sharing my very favorite drink to make when I'm feeling under the weather, my sugar free Medicine Ball Starbucks knockoff...
Our new window treatments in our Master Bedroom.
I am such a fan of classic home design and finishes, you all know that. I feel like I somewhat specialize in taking classic things and putting a modern and fresh spin on them. We did a lot of research online so we knew exactly what we wanted and were sure about it when it...
Built in window seat in our small dining nook
If you follow me on social media, you may know that I have been wanting to do a built in window seat in our small dining nook for a while. Recently, I completed my DIY window bench in my front living room as a test run for my dining nook off my kitchen. That project...
Simple + Fresh Christmas Home.
*this post contains affiliate links When it comes to decorating for Christmas in my home, I think I have finally find my favorite style and that is a simple and fresh Christmas home. I have done many styles over the years, but to me this feels like the best combination of being easy to live...
3 steps for simple + classic Christmas decor.
Today I'm sharing how 3 steps for simple + classic Christmas decor. Holiday decor, especially Christmas, can become too much real quick if you aren't careful. I wanted to share with you my fail proof recipe for making a space festive + natural feeling for the Holiday season. Step One: Garland This is my forever...
Simple Christmas Village Inspiration.
The title of this post is maybe almost too generous for the inspiration I'm going to share with you today, but we're going with it anyways. Today I'm going to share some really, I'm going to stress that again, really, simple Christmas village inspiration. I started collecting little inexpensive white + metal houses the last...
Christmas Entryway + Tips to Hang Garland
*This post is sponsored by Command™, but all views expressed therein are my own. Each new season, I look forward to sprucing up my entryway-but I'm always extra excited when it's time to decorate it for the Christmas season. One year, I even had all my halls decked within the first week of October because...
Affordable fall finds.
I walked into Walmart one day to waste some time, I figured it was maybe more safe than wasting an hour at Target. Turns out it actually wasn't that safe because Walmart has been blowing the affordable fashion picks out of the water lately. I only grabbed a few things for fall/winter. I like to...
Tried + true Christmas decor.
Decorating for the Holiday season is perhaps the highlight of my year, but it can be so overwhelming. All the stores filled with all the sparkly new things in all different color options and styles. How does one ever choose? Factor in seasonal trends and its just all just too much! I always want to...